9/11 Commission Recommendations: Intelligence Budget (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Oct. 23, 2004 |
| Report Number |
RL32609 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Thomas J. Nicola, American Law Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
This report identifies the main recommendations of the 9/11 Commission with respect to the
intelligence budget. The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks, known as the 9/11
Commission, on July 22, 2004 recommended replacing the Director of Central Intelligence with a
National Intelligence Director: (1) to oversee national intelligence centers on specific subjects of
interest across the United States government; and (2) to manage the national intelligence program
and oversee agencies that contribute to it. The National Intelligence Director would submit a unified
budget for national intelligence and would receive an appropriation for national intelligence and
apportion appropriated funds to appropriate agencies in the intelligence community.
The Commission also recommended that the top line of the intelligence budget should be made
public and that Congress should pass a separate appropriations act for national intelligence rather
than include funding for intelligence activities in the appropriations acts for the Department of
Defense and those for other departments that have elements of the intelligence community. In
addition, the Commission proposed that Congress should establish either a joint committee on
intelligence or a single committee in each House of Congress that combines authorizing and
appropriating authorities.
This report also describes the intelligence budget process under current law to explain the
effect of these recommendations and presents the current budget authorities of the Director of
Central Intelligence, as well as budget provisions in two bills, S. 2774 and
H.R. 5040 , that include all Commission recommendations.
The Senate on October 6, 2004 agreed to S. 2845 , the National Intelligence Reform
Act of 2004, that would implement many of the Commission's intelligence budget recommendations.
The Senate later accepted a conference with the Senate. The House on October 8, 2004 agreed
to H.R. 10 , the 9/11 Recommendations
Implementation Act, that would grant the National Intelligence Director many of the budget
responsibilities and authorities that the National Security Act of 1947 delegates to the Director of
Central Intelligence. After deleting the text of S. 2845 as passed by the Senate, and
inserting in lieu thereof the text of the House-passed H.R. 10, the House agreed to S.
2845 and requested a conference with the Senate.
The Senate on October 9, 2004 passed S.Res. 245 , to improve the effectiveness
of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and for other purposes, to create the Subcommittee
on Intelligence in the Committee on Appropriations after rejecting an amendment to grant
jurisdiction over intelligence appropriations to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
The conference committee held a public meeting on October 20, 2004.
This report will be updated to reflect major legislative developments.
